WESTBRIDGE FURNITURE

By group creative director Steve Olds

Gallery Direct

What trends are coming in?

Although we are still selling lot of velvet, there is a noticeable shift in popularity within specific market areas, with customers increasingly moving towards chenille-based fabrics, whether piece dyed, or colour woven. The desire for a tactile handle is the main consistency. Next, sales are showing customers perhaps being more expressive and personal, with liveable greens and deep, saturated blues becoming core colours, supplementing the more typical neutrals. Our 2023 trend prediction for the expectant shift in neutral tones away from recent saleable shades of cooler grey and greyed-off colours is happening. Much like velvet sales, grey is still super-popular, but there is transition occurring.Neutral colours are